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Max Frai
Max Frai

Reputation: 64266

User agent string

Browser Name: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Browser Version: 4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; InfoPath.2; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)

What the exact version of embeded browser? I see 4.0, but in brackets there is MSIE 7.0

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1980

Answers (3)

gmariust
gmariust

Reputation: 11

You can always check the exact output of the user agent string by pasting it into http://www.useragentstring.com/ so it looks like IE8 in compatibility mode IE7

Upvotes: 1

Cody Gray
Cody Gray

Reputation: 244712

MSIE 7.0 indicates that the specific version is Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0.

You have to read the whole string, not just the first part. I'm pretty sure that the first part actually says "Mozilla/4.0", which just means that the browser is compatible with Mozilla 4.0. This is reported for historical reasons and to address issues arising from the widespread practice of "browser sniffing".
A question was just asked yesterday about why Google Chrome and Internet Explorer put "Mozilla" in their user agent string.

You should also read the answers to this similar question, which explain why IE reports two different version numbers in its user agent string.

Upvotes: 1

Tim
Tim

Reputation: 13258

MSIE 7.0 -> Internet Explorer 7.0

And here is the exact meaning of all information you have:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537503%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

It must be Mozilla/4.0: "For historical reasons, Internet Explorer identifies itself as a Mozilla 4.0 browser."

Upvotes: 0

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